Bandon library beckons birders
BANDON Ameri-Corps volunteer Kelly Balcarczyk needs some local volunteers to help with her community project. On assignment with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Bandon, Balcarczyk is recruiting potential bird watchers who regularly visit the ...
 3.5K - Nov. 10, 2009; scored 166.0 We Americans have lost our identity
My favorite magazine by far was Constitution, published by the Foundation for the U.S. Constitution. No longer in existence, it was full of riveting stories for students and adults with beautifully reproduced historic documents, portraits and ...
3.3K - Nov. 9, 2009; scored 166.0 Al-Qaida training sites are harder to locate
WASHINGTON (AP) Under growing pressure from U.S. missile strikes, the al-Qaida terror network is relying more heavily on local insurgent groups along the Pakistan border to house training camps that are growing smaller and more mobile, according to...
1.5K - Nov. 9, 2009; scored 166.0 Jerseys put to good use
SEATTLE Rich Stearns works and lives just outside Seattle. He grew up in New York state. He lived in Philadelphia for 10 years. So he was torn as a fan watching the Yankees and Phillies in the just-completed World Series. He couldn t wait for someo...
4.6K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 166.0 Hit list
The charts TELEVISION 1. World Series Game 4, Fox. 2. World Series Game 1, Fox. 3. World Series Game 2, Fox. 4. World Series Pre-Game, Game 4, Fox. 5. Dancing With the Stars, ABC. 6. NCIS, CBS. 7. The OT, Fox. 8. The Mentalist, CBS. 9. World ...
1.8K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 166.0 Sticks, stones hurt more than words
Ms. Merskin s views (The World, Oct. 26) as a scholar have the feeling of censorship, and being supported by a newspaper editor is surprising. The scholar seems to have an agenda about strong white men in the movies. I am no expert on either movie ac...
2.5K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 166.0 Bolt sponsors baby cheetah
NAIROBI, Kenya The world s fastest man adopted the animal kingdom s fastest sprinter Monday, as Usain Bolt welcomed a new baby cheetah named Lightning Bolt into his life. The Jamaican sprinter s sponsorship of the 3-month-old male cheetah is part o...
2.0K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 166.0 Cleveland general manager gone
BEREA, Ohio The Cleveland Browns invisible general manager has disappeared. George Kokinis, the hand-picked GM of first-year coach Eric Mangini, who was rarely seen or heard in Cleveland, left the team Monday under unexplained circumstances after ...
4.2K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 166.0 Sailing home
NEW YORK The new U.S. Navy assault ship USS New York, built with World Trade Center steel, arrived in its namesake city today with a 21-gun salute near the site of the 2001 terrorist attack. First responders, families of Sept. 11 victims and the pu...
3.4K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 166.0 Panel to address rural hunger solutions
Oregon Coast Community Action will host a community meeting Tuesday on rural hunger, discussing the challenges and potential solutions to hunger issues on the South Coast. It will be from 1:30 to 3 p.m. at the South Coast Food Share warehouse on the ...
0.6K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 166.0 Pro Picks: Act 2: Favre returns to Lambeau Field
Let s take a Lambeau Leap here and guess that the welcome back party for Brett Favre won t be all hospitable in Green Bay on Sunday. There just might be a few derogatory chants and critical banners along Lombardi Avenue when the Minnesota Vikings com...
3.6K - Oct. 31, 2009; scored 166.0 Pilots get fired, but others keep driving
This fan of news in all its various forms and presentations could not resist making the connection between the Northwest Airlines pilots story and our Oregon governor s decision to declare in-car talking/texting off limits, effective Jan. 1, 2010. W...
1.7K - Oct. 31, 2009; scored 166.0 Hit list
The charts TELEVISION 1. NCIS, CBS. 2. Dancing With the Stars, ABC. 3. NCIS: Los Angeles, CBS. 4. American League Championship Series: L.A. Angels at N.Y. Yankees, Game 6, Fox. 5. The OT, Fox. 6. Grey s Anatomy, ABC. 7. NFL Football: Arizon...
2.4K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 166.0 Bandon runs a fiscally tight ship
It was with interest I read Jim Giambrone s letter (The World, Oct. 27). This is the same man who tried to coerce the city s budget committee into hiring an eighth officer two years ago. Police Chief Bob Webb told us there were other things he needed...
2.6K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 166.0 Groups cooked up fun at the fair
The Coos County Fair theme, Under the Big Top, A Community Celebration, was accomplished by many, many volunteers. A big thank you to each. Displays by Coquille Merchants were very popular. The Coquille Chess Club was amazing. Southwestern Oregon C...
1.2K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 166.0 Obama seeks credit for ending recession
WASHINGTON (AP) Tugged in different political directions, the White House is seeking credit for good economic news and trying to escape blame for the bad stuff. President Barack Obama greeted as obviously welcome news a government report showing ...
1.2K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 166.0 Economy sees its first boost since spring '08
WASHINGTON The economy grew at a 3.5 percent pace in the third quarter, the best showing in two years, fueled by government-supported spending on cars and homes. It s the strongest signal yet that the economy has entered a new, though fragile, pha...
7.1K - Oct. 29, 2009; scored 166.0 No. No. No. No. No. No. No.
Just say No, seven times. That s what Lakeside voters should do in the upcoming recalls. Clearly, Lakeside is a divided community. But recalling six city councilors and the mayor will only worsen the animosities among the town s factions. Lakeside ...
2.0K - Oct. 28, 2009; scored 166.0 Migration drops a crowd of pelicans
Welcome to the pelican convention. If you ve been to the beaches lately or cruised around Coos Bay, it s been hard to miss these lumbering visitors. Thousands of brown pelicans have converged on the south and central Oregon coast, with fall migration...
1.5K - Oct. 28, 2009; scored 166.0 McGwire back in baseball with Cardinals
ST. LOUIS ” Mark McGwire is back in baseball, reunited with Tony La Russa as the St. Louis Cardinals hitting coach. La Russa agreed to return for a 15th year as manager Monday with a one-year contract, the first time he hasn t had a multiyear...
4.5K - Oct. 27, 2009; scored 166.0 | 
